To say the morning session was boring would be an understatement. For the whole class, especially for someone like Zorome, it was torture listening to the teachers ramble on about their course outlines and what to expect this semester.

Well, that would exclude Nana sensei of course, which to hime, was the best damn thing that ever happened to his morning.

Looking over at Zorome, Miku cringes. "Would you PLEASE stop fantasizing about my sister?" Yup, she and Nana were siblings, which was one of the reasons why Zorome would constantly invade her home back in seventh grade. "You're making a perverted face and it's making me sick." Miku said while trying not to gag.

"Who said I was thinking about Nana sensei?" he challenges. "I mean, who wouldn't! She's beautiful-" Zorome squints at Miku "-unlike you." then continues once more, his ahoge forming a heart, "and have you seen her sweet, round a-"

Miku forces a rice ball in his mouth, instantly choking him. "Ugh! Stop being such a pervert with my sister!" She yells.

Before another fight could start between the two, Mitsuru intervenes,

"She's right though. All you did was stare at Nana sensei like she was some piece of meat." He says accusingly before taking a sip from his milk carton.

"Well, who wouldn't?!" The hot blooded male retorts. "I mean, have you seen those curves? They are to die for!" Mitsuru's face contorts in disgust, Miku's too.

Noticing this, Zorome turns to Ikuno. "Man, is your cousin gay or something? I've heard he has never watched a single porn in his life."

Ikuno shrugs. "I've had my doubts as well…" Mitsuru glares coldly at his four eyed relative.

"Well sorry to tell you but I'm perfectly-"

"Hey guys, look over there." Futoshi butts in, his finger discreetly pointing at their peculiar, new classmate.

They all turned their heads to see her eating her 'lunch', if you could even call it that. In reality, she was eating a large piece of meat slathered in a copious amount of rich honey with her bare hands. All them are in shock when they saw the horned girl gobble the whole thing up in just two, big bites.

Miku visible greens, feeling nauseous watching Zero Two eat.

"What a strange person…" Kokoro wonders before smiling. "I wonder if she likes sweets."

"Can you even call her a person with those things she has on her head?" Miku whispers, making finger horns.

"Cut it out. It's rude to talk about those kind of stuff." Ichigo scolds, however, deep inside, she too felt that the girl was odd, both in appearance and behavior.

"Well I'll say.." Ikuno joins. "All I'm interested in is what does she mean by Klaxxosis.." Giving the pinkette a side glance, she adds,

"Also, isn't it quite strange she wants to be called by 'Zero Two'?"

"Well, if she really is the Yankee Killer, she doesn't seem to be like what the rumors say." Futoshi comments. Honestly, he expected her to be the typical loud and foul mouthed delinquent. On the contrary, she was quite the opposite. Yeah she still was intimidating with that cold stare of hers, but the girl seemed to be pretty quiet all morning and was constantly doodling on her pad.

Plus, she seemed to be thoroughly enjoying her meal, something Futoshi could relate to.

"Aside from her horns, she actually looks pretty good." Goro, who was beside Ichigo, comments, however, seeing her licking her fingers clean from honey, he can't help but add, "But by the way she eats, it kinda ruins her good looks."

With the group pondering over their individual thoughts on Zero Two, they see Zorome suddenly approach her with confidence.

Miku associates this confidence with his innate stupidity.

"What's he gonna do?" Ikuno asks, a bit perplexed.

"Don't tell me he's about to-"

With a loud bang, Zorome had a hand on Zero Two's desk. Slightly surprised and a bit pissed over who dared interrupt her with her scrumptious meal, she lifts her head to look at him, her brows raised in a questioning manner.

"Hey there." Zorome says a bit too sauvely. "You were quite the feisty one aren't you?" Zorome was pertaining to what Zero Two did earlier while introducing herself.

"I like you bad girls. Maybe sometime, you and I, Zorome the Great, could go grab something to eat and-" feeling something sticky all over his chest area, he finds Zero Two nonchalantly wiping the remaining honey off her hands on his uniform.

Uncharacteristically, Zorome lets out a high pitched scream. "My uniform! I just ironed this!"

The whole squad could do nothing but shake their heads over the stupid stunt Zorome just pulled.

Crossing his arms, Mitsuru bites back a smirk.

'And they think I'M the gay one.'

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With the squad tuning out Zorome's complains, Ichigo notices Hiro, who was quiet the whole time.

She couldn't help but also notice how his raven hair seemed to be getting a bit longer and how his lashes seemed to frame his soft, blue, eyes.

'W-wait, what did I just..?' She realizes, her cheeks turning a light shade of pink.

Mentally slapping herself over thinking such embarrassing stuff about her childhood friend, she notices Hiro staring blankly at the new girl.

An unknown tightness hits her chest.

Curiosity getting the best of her, she asks. "Ne, Hiro, what're you thinking about?"

Snapping out of his thoughts, Hiro suddenly flashes while averting his gaze to the floor

"Nothing. Nothing at all."

But that was a lie, because the truth was, ever since lunch had started, he had thought of ways on how he could be able to approach Zero Two, but seeing her eat so enthusiastically had halted him from approaching her.

Well, just look at what happened to Zorome.

That aside, he felt a bit embarrassed trying to get closer to her while his friends were around since they knew him as some introvert.

He didn't want them assuming things were going on between them.

So yeah, for Hiro, lunch was a no go with Zero Two, leaving him a bit disappointed with the circumstances and himself.

'Why'd you gotta be such a damn coward!'

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After classes has ended, most of the students started going their separate ways.

"Yo Miku, you go on without me, I'm gonna go sign up for the football team!" Zorome calls out to Miku while slinging his bag on his shoulders.

"Yeah sure, I've got some recording to do for my channel anyways." Miku responds.

Meanwhile, Futoshi approached Kokoro who was busy fixing her books.

"K-kokoro chan..would you like to walk home together?" Futoshi offers while twiddling his two thumbs together.

"Oh I'd love to Futoshi kun, but as assistant secretary, I have some council work to do.." Kokoro replies while glancing at Mitsuru, who was the council's secretary, exiting out the room.

"Oh I see..take care then Kokoro chan!" Kokoro smiles at Futoshi who waves goodbye.

"Still got some council work to do Ichigo?" Ikuno asks while assisting Ichigo with some folders.

Ichigo nods. "Yeah, some activity planning for the whole year must be discussed. How about you Ikuno? Still have Judo practice?" Ikuno hums in affirmation.

Turning towards the taller girl, Ichigo grins. "Anyway, thanks for carrying those for me." she points at the folders in Ikuno's hands. Ikuno smiles warmly.

"Anytime."

Meanwhile, Goro stood beside Hiro, watching the boy adjust his uniform. Hey Hiro, you go on without me okay? I've got student council duties with Ichigo." Hiro nods.

"Oh that's right, you're Vice President now…" He says mindfully.

Punching Hiro lightly in the arm, he waves his friend goodbye and immediately follows Ichigo who was busy talking with Ikuno.

It was impossible not to notice the way his gaze softens once he and the petite student president lock eyes with one another.

After finding almost everyone has left the room, Hiro follows suit with one thing on his mind: meeting Zero Two.

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There she was.

He was just a few feet behind her. He watched as her waist length hair swish side to side as she walked through the corridor. She didn't seem to notice that he was trailing behind her.

Now if he could only reach out and tap her shoulder.

Taking bigger steps, Hiro raises a shaky hand, but the sudden rising of his anxiety makes him stop and tremble in his place, feeling a bit queazy.

'What? Why am I this nervous?'

Was it because he found her beautiful? Or was it because of her aloof and intimidating aura she was radiating in contrast to her more playful and lighthearted side at the Sakura tree earlier?

Hiro was feeling more and more annoyed at himself.

Even if he really wanted to yell out to her so she could look back and notice him, he couldn't find his own voice, rendering frozen AND speechless on the spot.

Not until she saw her take a left turn did he finally regained his composure. Feeling more useless as the seconds pass, Hiro curses under his breath as he is forced to go home with no progress with Zero Two at all.

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"...-go"

"-chigo.."

"Oi, Ichigo!" Ichigo flinches as Goro lightly flicks her forehead.

"Y-yes?" She flushes.

"And here I was thinking you've been abducted by aliens." Goro teased. "It's a good thing we've finished all the planning. Kokoro, Mitsuru and the others had already left."

"Stop teasing. You should know how tiring it is for me to be president…" She pouts.

"Yeah, yeah..but I also know just how much you are capable of Ichigo.: Goro flashes her a boyish grin. Holding up his fist, he says. "That's why you're perfect for this role."

Smiling, Ichigo bumps fists with Ichigo. "You too Goro, you're the most supportive vice I've ever known.."

Goro's grin widened, however, his face reverts into a more thoughtful expression. Noticing this, Ichigo asks what's wrong.

"I was just thinking..haven't you noticed how strange Hiro was today?"

"What do you mean?"

Goro shrugs. "I dunno, he seemed kinda distracted than usual."

"I noticed that too…" Ichigo recalled the look Hiro had while staring at Zero Two, the tight feeling in her chest coming back.

"Ichigo?" Goro asks, noticing the girl's sudden change of demeanor.

"H-hm? Oh yeah, um..knowing Hiro, maybe he just has some things in his mind." Ichigo says.

"You're probably right."

Just then, the both of them are alerted by the sudden roar of thunder. Looking out, they see the sky starting to darken.

"Looks like it's gonna rain.."

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Sullen, Hiro exits the school gate with an umbrella in his hand. Being preoccupied with his own thoughts, he suddenly sees a flash of pink turn near an alley.

'Could it be?' He hopes but wonders why would Zero Two hang in an alley, especially when it was about to rain?

With the intention of investigating, he slowly walks closer towards the alley Zero Two might've stepped upon and as he takes a peek, he is immediately shocked seeing the scene before him.

He was right when he assumed the strands of pink hair he saw belonged to Zero Two, however what deeply alarmed him was seeing her being surrounded by a group of thugs who had metal rods in their hands.

"Look, the demoness, is all alone!" One mocked. "Let's have a little fun eh?"

At that moment, Hiro's blood grew cold in fear over the girl's safety.

His fear further deepens when he sees the the first thug charge with the metal rod aimed at her.

In panic, he manages to yell out to her in desperation.

"STOP!"